5. Macy's is laying off 78 warehouse workers at its off-price Backstage warehouse in Connecticut. The layoffs are part of a logistics shift that relocated the Backstage warehouse to Columbus, Ohio. CEO Jeff Gennette told investors on a quarterly earnings call that the new warehouse "operates on the Google cloud platform, getting us improved efficiency, speed and scale" for the off-price business. Macy's is offering the laid-off employees the opportunity to work at other company locations. - SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE

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